{"id":2056,"date":"2022-11-10T09:51:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2022-11-10T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T14:51:18","slug":"the-act-of-remembrance-what-does-remembrance-day-mean-to-you-november-9-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/fr_ca\/the-act-of-remembrance-what-does-remembrance-day-mean-to-you-november-9-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"The Act of Remembrance \u2018What does Remembrance Day mean to you\u2019. November 9, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The Act of Remembrance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1919 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poppy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poppy.png 171w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poppy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Poppy-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 138px) 100vw, 138px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>At the going down of the sun and in the morning<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We will remember them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2101\" src=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2204-002-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2204-002-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2204-002-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2204-002-563x750.jpg 563w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2204-002.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2103\" src=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0359-Copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0359-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0359-Copy-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cgg.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0359-Copy.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In Flanders Fields the poppies blow<br \/>\nBetween the crosses, row on row,<br \/>\nThat mark our place, and in the sky<br \/>\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly<br \/>\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n<p>We are the Dead. Short days ago<br \/>\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br \/>\nLoved, and were loved, and now we lie<br \/>\nIn Flanders Fields.<\/p>\n<p>Take up our quarrel with the foe,<br \/>\nTo you from failing hands we throw<br \/>\nThe torch: be yours to hold it high.<br \/>\nIf ye break faith with us who die<br \/>\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br \/>\nIn Flanders Fields.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The poem written by Canadian Colonel John McCrae after he had lost good friend Lieutenant Alexis Helmer during the 2nd Battle of Ypres (22 April &#8211; 25 May 1915) in The Great War (1914-1918).<\/p>\n<p>The poem &#8211; a call to action to ensure that the Allies would not betray those who gave their lives and thus ensure the Allies fought hard to become victorious in the conflict &#8211; became internationally popular. Its central theme of the Flanders poppy had that particular flower become the international symbol of remembrance for The Fallen of not only The Great War but for wars following.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Roving Guardsman\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Act of Remembrance They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 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